Karnataka: Report on plugging exam and recruitment loopholes sought

The Karnataka government has suspended IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with a veterinarian recruitment scam. Gangwar, a 2016 batch Karnataka-cadre officer, was posted as a director for the Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the state Commerce and Industries ministry.

He was serving as Controller of Examinations at the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) when the alleged fraud took place. CID Director General of Police stated that Gangwar was produced before the jurisdictional magistrate and remanded to judicial custody on August 30, and was subsequently taken into police custody for further investigation.

The state government cited the nature and gravity of the allegations concerning the integrity, transparency, and fairness of the recruitment process conducted by the KPSC, and ordered his suspension pending further investigation. Gangwar, who was not present at both houses during the raid, has been linked to the recruitment scam through ED's raids at his residence in Uttar Pradesh and Bengaluru.

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